July 2010 Ride - "Dive into Delaware"

I hope this post finds you well stuffed from an Independence Day picnic. The July 3rd CSBA ride was close to being a big problem. Not because of the riders(about 18-20) that showed up, they were some good people. We had a cool guy that just moved in from out of state that had a beard and wore a bandanna. Another person that both he and his bike had character, you gotta meet him. A third worked with a gentleman that provided the route sheet for the ride, and he recently came from another country. A young man from college soon to transfer came on our ride, as well. One person we met at our lunch stop and he asked to ride with us. In fact, these five have never been on one of our rides. If it weren't for Leon showing up and the others helping, I would have had to do it all. So thanks everybody!! We had great weather, great roads, good food, interesting people, and the Word of God was put forth. It was a good day, even through our challenges.

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June 2010 Ride - "Pocono Screamer"

Many folk didn't make it out to this ride, some due to other obligations and others afraid of the forecast. We expected 40+ but we rolled with 28 and what a ride we had! With the exception of a Law enforcement officer being involved (which we didn't have, thank God), almost everything else went wrong. It was a challenging day, 3 crashed and one off road adventure. One rider had significant body damage and a mechanical issue, the other crashes were cosmetic. The best thing, no one left in an ambulance! We had a group get lost, one make three U-turns (not me!) and another group had one rider turn back due to mechanical issues and had the major crash.

But despite all this, and the heat/humidity, everyone had a good time. We were blessed with the skill of Cowboy6 and Plasticweld on this ride and they were soon helping out folk in no time! They helped make adjustments on bikes, perform roadside post-crash repair, and hung out with folk. I think we all learned a lot today, I know I did. I need to research my rides a bit more and give some mileage detail on the route sheet. Many people were asking questions, giving answers, sharing stories and laughs. Regardless of the struggle, we came out ahead in the end and for a 300+ mile ride that's a bonus.

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May 2010 Ride - "Blue Mountain Ride"

Hello All,

On Saturday, May 1st, we had our monthly chapter ride out of Fogelsville. We had about 30 bikes (again) and everyone got home safely with no crashes. We did have some trouble but nothing too serious. I wanted to thank Carl, Rick J. and Drez for leading the rides and for Rick Pohl for posting pics.

After breakfast at the Starlite Diner we had a large group riders meeting. The safety tip for this month was situational awareness. We then asked riders to get into groups by pace; fast, medium or slow. We then found out that there were two bridge closures with detours and a wrong direction listed on the route sheet. Both were my fault in preparing the route sheets. The other problem we had was two groups stopped at the Pa./NJ border to wait for the other group. The problem was that other group didn't know it was supposed to stop, so it didn't...

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April 2010 Blessing of the Bikes

Hey Folks,

We had a nice ride today, about 3-4 hours of riding. I left my house around 8:40AM and got home a little after 2PM. We went to a blessing of the bikes up at Reading Motorcycle club in Oley. That's always a good thing to get you and your bike prayed for at the start of the riding season. I started with myself and Bob, and we met with 4 other riders from Chester, Lower Montgomery, and Lehigh counties, plus one from Delaware. We got blessed, took a short ride, had lunch and then headed home. I hope to see you all again soon.

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April 2010 Ride - "Leap into Lancaster"

Greetings!

A Happy Easter to you all. I hope this email finds you well. Yesterday, April 3rd, we had our monthly CSBA Eastern Pa. chapter ride. We rode down to Lancaster county and back. What fun it was! We saw all sorts of scenery, animals and roads. A good time was had by all, and there was a lot of riders. We had 26 bikes with 28 riders, a Eastern Pa chapter record. We had lunch at the Brass Eagle Family Restaurant and then shared the Word. The Scripture is below and I attached two pictures, one at the diner for breakfast and one at the restaurant for lunch. I had to make only one U-turn, but we did have a rider go down. He injured his elbow and his bike had moderate damage. His parents came and took him to the hospital. I wanted to thanks RT, bobjan, jlasure, Rickj, ANLR21, Sal, and all else that helped. This was a great ride and I hope to see you all soon.

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March 2010 Lunch at The Perk and Ride

I hope this find you well. We had a great lunch at the Perk and a fun ride Saturday. 8 people came for lunch with 7 going on the ride. The Burgers at the Perk were delicious, and the place was busy. I am SO glad I made a reservation! But in typical CSBA ride fashion, I made it for 7 and 8 showed up! But I digress...

We rode from Upper Bucks County (Perkasie) to Lower Bucks to the Garden of Reflection. The G.O.F. is a memorial to the 9/11 victims, especially the ones that lived in Bucks County. It's located in Lower Makefield Township, near Yardley, Pa. On the way down we had one missed turn and did some "off road" riding. When I'm leading the ride we're good for at least one U-turn! One rider commented that the "A" in CSBA should stand for "adventure". The roads were okay, no salt, but occasional potholes and cinders. We kept it a little slower than the usual pace but still put in 80 miles. Just enough to get the bikes and our bodies "broken in" for April's ride. After the The Garden of Reflection, three of us went North, two went West, and two went South. If I am remembering correctly there were two riders from Delaware, two from Chester county, one from Berks, Bucks, and Montgomery counties. We met some new friends and reconnected with some old ones. It was a good day. For those who couldn't make it, I hope you can come out April. There are some neat people I'd like you to meet and we'll have some cool roads, as well.

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